The Beauty Jungle

The Beauty Jungle
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Directed by	Val Guest
Produced by	Val Guest
Written by	Val Guest Robert Muller
Starring	Ian Hendry Janette Scott Edmund Purdom Sid James
Music by	Laurie Johnson
Cinematography	Arthur Grant
Edited by	Bill Lenny
Distributed by	Continental Distributing
Release date	25 August 1964 (1964-08-25)
Running time	110 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Beauty Jungle (also known as Contest Girl) is a 1964 British film directed by Val Guest.

Plot

While on a seaside holiday a young typist is persuaded by a local journalist to enter a beauty contest. When she wins, she decides to give up her previous career and life and take up entering the contests full-time.

Cast

• Ian Hendry^[1] as Don Mackenzie
• Janette Scott as Shirley Freeman
• Ronald Fraser as Walter Carey
• Edmund Purdom as Rex Carrick
• Jean Claudio as Armand
• Kay Walsh as Mrs. Freeman
• Norman Bird as Mr. Freeman
• Janina Faye as Elaine
• Tommy Trinder as Charlie Dorton
• David Weston as Harry
• Peter Ashmore as Lucius
• Sid James as 'Butlin' Judge
• Jacqueline Jones as Jean Watson
• Jackie White as Barbara Lawton
• Jerry Desmonde as Swimming Pool MC
• Alan Taylor as TV Commentator
• Eve Eden as Angela Boynton
• Lionel Blair as Talk of the Town Producer
• Francis Matthews as Taylor
• Nikki Peters as Cora
• Margaret Nolan as Caroline
• Former Miss World Rosemarie Frankland makes her screen debut in a guest appearance.
• Norman Hartnell, Lydia Russell, Duchess of Bedford, Stirling Moss, Linda Christian, and Joe Brown appear as themselves judging the Rose of England at the Talk of the Town.

Production

Much of the early footage in the film was shot at Weston-super-Mare (including the now-demolished lido), Butlin's at Minehead and the Redcliffe area of Bristol.^[2]

References

External links

• The Beauty Jungle on IMDb
• The Beauty Jungle at AllMovie